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François Adrien Boieldieu
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French composer
OverviewAI-generated
François Adrien Boieldieu was a French conductor, musicologist, and educator who worked in Rouen and Paris. He served as a university teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris and was a member of the Académie des beaux-arts. His professional collaborations included partnerships with Luigi Cherubini and Daniel François Esprit Auber. Boieldieu was influenced by André Grétry and taught students such as Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann and Adolphe Adam.
He composed operas within the classical music movement, with notable works including *La dame blanche* and *Le calife de Bagdad*. Boieldieu received the Knight of the Legion of Honour award. He was born in Rouen in 1775 and died in Varennes-Jarcy in 1834. He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery and the Cimetière monumental de Rouen. His writings and works are described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1775
- Active to
- 1834
Discography
- Boieldieu: Concerto pour harpe / Pierné: Concertstück, op. 39 / Mozart: Concerto pour flûte et harpe, KV 2991985
- La Dame blanche1989
- French Music for Flute and Harp1991
- La Dame blanche1996
- La Dame blanche1997
- Harfenkonzerte1999
- Harp Concertos2013
- Opéra-Comique Overtures2020
- Concerto for Piano / Concerto for Harp
- Deux concertos pour harpe
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 246
- Total plays
- 2,173
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1775-12-16 ) 16 December 1775, Rouen , France
- Died
- 8 October 1834 (1834-10-08) (aged 58), Varennes-Jarcy , France
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Rouen
- Place of death
- Varennes-Jarcy
- Occupation
- composer
- Employer
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- Le calife de Bagdad
- Genre
- opera
- Movement
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Léon Riesener - Portrait de François-Adrien Boieldieu.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Commons category
- François Adrien Boieldieu
- date of birth
- 1775-12-16
- date of death
- 1834-10-08
- student
- Adolphe Adam
- name in native language
- François-Adrien Boieldieu
- member of
- Académie des beaux-arts
- influenced by
- André Grétry
- writing language
- French
- P8168
- Kweisi Mfume
- P12749
- Wilhelm Groener
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to François Adrien Boieldieu, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Songs from: Carl von France or The Pilgrims of Mecca: comic opera in 2 acts
Album ouvertur
Bílá paní
Bílá paní
Le calife de Bagdad [Música notada]: opéra
Jean de Paris [Música notada]: opéra
Le calife de Bagdad [Música notada]: opéra
Ouverture de Calife de Bagdad [Música notada]
Le calife de Bagdad [Música notada]: opéra
Le calife de Bagdad [Música notada]: opéra
Ouverture du Nouveau Seigneur de Village [Música notada] :]a grand orchestre
Rondeau de Zoraïme et Zulnar [Música notada]
Du soleil qui le suit [Música notada] :]3e romance
Air du troubadour de Zoraïme et Zulnar [Música notada]
The White Lady: Cavatine “Komm, o holde Dame”/(Boieldieu)
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Come on, O holde Dame: from “Die weisse Dame”/[François Adrien Boieldieu]
La dame blance: Ah! quel plaisir d 'être soldat; (act 1)/(Boieldieu)
The White Lady: “Come, o holde Dame”/(A. Boieldieu)
The White Lady (Opera) The White Lady (Opera)
The White Lady: Cavatine: “Komm, o holde Dame”/(Boieldieu)
La dame blanche: Cavatine/Boieldieu
D 'ici voyez ce beau domaine/(Boieldieu)
Spider song from “Weisse Dame”/(Boieldieu)
Ballad: D “ici voyez ce beau domaine, Considered this castle Zinnen; de l” opéra La dame blanche
Die Die Die Die on Kamchatka: an opera in drey elevators; for the k. k. Hoftheater
Romance et choeur :aus Johann von Paris
Telemach: Opera in drey files
Rothkäppchen: romantic opera in three acts
Arias and chants from the song game: The Calif of Baghdad: in a lift
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Encyclopedic overview
François-Adrien Boieldieu ( pronounced [fʁɑ̃.swa a.dʁi.(j)ɛ̃ bɔ.jɛl.djø], also [bwa(.ɛ)l.djø]) (16 December 1775 – 8 October 1834) was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart". Although his reputation is largely based upon his operas, Boieldieu composed other works and among them, his Harp Concerto in C (1800–1801) is a masterpiece of the harp repertory.
Biography
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